Army Wives on the American Frontier: Living by the Bugles - Softcover

Eales, Anne Bruner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555661661 ISBN 13: 9781555661663

Publisher: Johnson Books, 1996

Synopsis

Moving from the restrictive chrysalis of "civilized" tradition and Victorian viewpoints in the East, the women who followed their Army husbands to forts in the West made an excursion into a freedom of throught and action that most of them had never experienced or even imagined.

"No one interested in the history of the American West or women’s history should miss this well-written, carefully researched, comprehensive treatment of a subject that previous scholars have largely ignored." —Herman Viola, author of "Exploring the West"

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About the Author

Anne Bruner Eales, herself an army wife, is an editor and writer with the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., and has previously written for "Army Times." She lives in Virginia.

From Library Journal

Eales, an editor/writer with the National Archives and Records Administration, has written a history of what life was like for army officers' wives on the western frontier from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Spanish-American War. She focuses on officers' wives, because they wrote about their experiences in letters, journals, and memoirs. Most of the women came from middle- or upper-class families and were trained to be proper Victorian ladies. On the frontier, they had to learn to live in primitive quarters and to make do with very limited resources. Their husbands were gone for extended periods of time, leaving them solely responsible for the family's welfare. They also had to deal with the violence of their isolated lifestyle and Indian raids. In the process, these women learned to be self-reliant and to step outside their traditional role. Eales's compelling study is highly recommended for general readers and students interested in Western military history.?Linda L. McEwan, Elgin Community Coll., Ill.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Johnson Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1555661661
• ISBN 13: 9781555661663
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210